Test 1 Review

The test will be a mix of multiple choice/true false/short answer/code writing. You may bring one page of handwritten notes, front and back, which you have personally prepared.

HTML and HTTP

• Know the structure of HTTP request/response messages. Know the common response status codes and the common request and response header attributes.
• Know the tags used to create HTML forms, and their typical attributes
• Know how the method attribute of a <form> tag in an HTML page affects the structure of the HTTP message used in the form submission. Be able to write a sample HTML request and response message that would result from the submission of a given form.
• Know the common HTML character entities and URL encoding, and where they are used in a web page and in HTTP traffic

JavaScript

• Know the basic JavaScript data types, operators, and statements
• Know the JavaScript JSON methods used to convert between string data in JSON format and JavaScript data structures
• Know the similarities and differences between JavaScript objects and arrays
• Be able to translate a class in C# into JavaScript using the techniques discussed in class

Node.js

• Know how the Node.js modules are organized and what the require() function does
• Know how to read a file all at once, as well as chunks at a time with the Node.js Stream mechanism
• Be able to write an asynchronous function using the techniques discussed in class (no promises or async/await), including appropriate error handling
• Know the different error handling techniques used with synchronous and asynchronous functions

Web Services

• Know the types of web services we discussed
• Know what an application server is and how it differs from a web server
• Know what a web API is
• Know how a Rest API is organized and the meaning of the HTTP request methods that are used

Unicode

• Know material from the Unicode lecture, except for Python-specific info

Not on the test

• Node.js Express framework
• Node.js Database API’s